- Date
- November 18, 1992, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksburg, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9284CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921118049249A
- Case key
- 27879
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the ailerons.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During landing the pilot failed to maintain a level attitude and the airplane's right wing struck the ground. The reported winds at the airport were light and variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9284C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31383
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aubin, Albert C.
- Registered owner
- Collins, Ted C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- Q96 · Natomas, CA
- Airport
- C14 · Borges-Clarksburg, runway 27, 3,335 × 75 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9284C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.